Okay so this is the new chapter and were finally getting somewhere with the SnapeHermione relationship, there acting like friends!! YAY Thank you for all the reviews on that pitiful chapter I posted the other day. Read and Review!! Please there like air to me lol.
"Um sir I was hoping I could talk to you?" Hermione mumbled starring at the ground pointedly.
Professor Snape did not answer and Hermione did not look up. The silence stretched on between them and Hermione began to wish that a black hole would come and suck her up.
With the silence still stretching on, she felt that he was going to deny her request she began to speak,
"Um I should just go." Hermione muttered quickly and turned to walk back towards her room, still never looking at her Professor.
"Miss. Granger have I given you any indication that you were not welcome to speak with me?" Professor Snape drawled out his voice filled with amusement
His words made her stop her cowardly retreat towards her room, and turn back to face him.
"Well Miss Granger, have I given you any reason to think you were not welcomed here?" Professor Snape questioned his signature smirk tugging at his lips.
"No sir, you didn't," Hermione answered glancing at him quickly and then focusing on the floor once again.
"Then Miss Granger, won't you come in?" Professor Snape asked his hand moving in a sweeping direction his robes making the motion more dramatic making her smile slightly.
Hermione stepped hesitantly in to the potions room. Looking around briefly assured her that all was still the same since the last time she had had class in there.
Professor Snape closed the potions room door causing her to jump slightly at the noise.
"Would you prefer to talk in here, or in my chambers?" Professor Snape wondered aloud from directly behind Hermione.
Hermione flinched slightly at the closeness of his voice before answering,
"Where would there be more privacy for what I have to say?" Hermione spoke her voice quivering slightly at the thought of being alone with him on unfamiliar turf.
"We would have total privacy in my chambers; they are warded against anyone outside of them intent on listening," Professor Snape replied still standing directly behind Hermione.
"Okay then we should speak in there," Hermione said quietly.
"As you wish," Professor Snape uttered as he moved from behind her and towards a door Hermione had always thought was a storage room.
"Come Miss Granger, if you still wish to speak?" Professor Snape said in a slightly questioning voice.
Hermione nodded to him and began to follow her Professor into his chambers.
Once Hermione stepped into Professor Snape's rooms, she glanced around slightly realizing the room was a common room of sorts and not a bedroom.
She noticing the color scheme of the room was dark, seated in the corner was a large office desk, the room was large, and there were two sofas one loveseat and two chairs.
Along the wall was a door towards the far end of the room and a small cabinet with brandy glasses across from the seating area, she noticed without over analyzing the room in detail due to the butterflies swarming in her belly threatening to burst out.
"Please sit Miss Granger," Snape said using his hand to motion to her choice of seating.
Hermione seated herself on a large chair that molded around her body comfortable, she felt as though she never had to move again, and that would be okay with her, she thought with a sigh.
"Miss Granger to what do I owe your unannounced visit to?" Professor Snape asked as he began to fix himself a drink of brandy from the cabinet.
"I was hoping to have a moment of your time if you weren't busy," Hermione answered.
"If I had been busy I would not have let you into my chambers," Professor Snape retorted.
Hermione nodded slightly to herself.
"I'll ask again what you deemed so important that we had to speak with no prior appointment or warning of your visit," Snape asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I was hoping to speak with you about you tutoring me in potions, as the Headmaster informed me of yesterday," Hermione answered
"What of it?" her Professor questioned his voice showing mild annoyance
"I was hoping to get your opinion on it" She answered her voice quivering
"What about my opinion did you need to know?" Snape said his lip curling in mild disgust.
"I was just wondering if you were okay with tutoring me." Hermione questioned.
"Miss Granger I am a professional, able to push aside any feelings or concern that I may be experiencing. Are you questioning my ability to teach you or are you just questioning my intelligence?" Snape questioned his voice sounding in a heated whisper.
"No, I would never question anything of the sort," Hermione said rapidly her face showing her indignant expression.
"Really, then what were you really asking?" Professor Snape asked before gulping down the remaining brandy in his glass.
Hermione sat in shock not understanding why his words questions came out so heated.
"Well Miss Granger?" Professor Snape goaded his eyes lit with fire.
"I…I." Hermione stuttered her face flushing with embarrassment.
"Yes Miss Granger?" Snape questioned his eyebrow rising in amusement at her flushed appearance.
"I'm not sure what I'm asking you I don't know why I'm here I don't know why I choose to come talk with you but I do know I am here and I choose you so I would appreciate you treating me with respect," Hermione said rising her voice her hand rubbing her lower belly in comfort.
Snape's eyes flickered down to the area on her body her hand was rubbing.
"Finally Miss granger understand that I have no problem talking with you about whatever you choose, in an adult manner. Nevertheless, I will not baby you when we speak, nor will I listen to your unthought-of ramblings. You will speak clearly and strongly, no frightened child routine or we will sit in silence until you gather your thoughts," Snape said his voice filled with exasperation.
Hermione nodded her head in understanding.
"I know that you do not remember the events that have lead to our current situation. However, I do I live with them everyday; until you understand the events there is no reason to fear me. I acknowledge that you are uncomfortable with me that would be natural due to your subconscious feeling of something you cannot remember. But we will in the coming times have to interact with each other for the sake of our child." Snape stated in a neutral voice.
"I understand Sir," Hermione spoke in agreement of his words.
Snape nodded
"And thank you," Hermione said meeting his eyes briefly before looking down.
"For what dare I ask Miss Granger?" Professor Snape questioned his voice holding an undertone of confusion.
"For being you, sir, before I came to speak with you I was a stressful mess whom couldn't make a decision to save her life. Everything was just over whelming me, you're like a book on organization spelled out to speak the words," Hermione said with a small smile.
"A book you say Miss Granger?" Snape said tilting his empty glass to the side while starring at it as if it held all of life's answers.
"I hope you don't take offense it's just that no matter what other feelings I may exhibit towards you, you seem to be able to stop me from having a melt down," Hermione answered with another small smile.
"Melt down Miss Granger I wasn't aware the human body could melt with out a spell?" Professor Snape said.
"Oh well not an actual melt do..." Hermione started to answer but died off when she saw his face.
"Did you mean that as a joke?" She asked in shock.
"I have been known on the rare occasion to draw a punch line, its part of my charm." Snape said with a strait face.
Hermione began to giggle childishly.
Snape let out a small chuckle while watching her enjoyment.
"I've decided to agree to you teaching me. Despite what at times I may feel it would be better for both of us to co-exist," Hermione spoke as she began to calm down.
"I agree," Snape, answered
"Oh my, I should get going," Hermione said glancing at her watch and began to stand up, as did Professor Snape.
"I understand, do come again Miss Granger, may I suggest a little notice upon arrival of your next visit?" Snape said his voice sarcastic.
"Was that another attempt at humor Professor Snape?" Hermione asked as she followed him out of his chambers and back into the potions classroom.
"Yes, Miss Granger I believe it was," Snape said as he opened the potions door that led into the castles hallway.
"You should try the humor route more often, you can pull a good punch line," Hermione said standing in the potions doorway.
Snape smiled slightly before nodding a farewell watching as Hermione began to walk up the Dungeon stairs to the castles main floor.
"Oh and Miss Granger?" Snape said causing Hermione to turn around questioningly.
"Tell anyone about my since of humor, and I'll make you beg for death," Snape said with a smirk before he closed the classroom's door.
Hermione stood in confusion for a moment before realizing that he had not been serious, but instead it was his sarcastic humor once again.
Hermione giggled to herself quietly as she made her way quietly to her rooms.
Neither had seen the menacing eyes watching her from the hallway outside the Potions classroom.